On this page you can listen to free
audio samples of Gary Kraftsow speaking live at his exclusive Viniyoga
teacher training course.
The Next Yoga Teacher
Training With
American Viniyoga Institute Founder Gary Kraftsow
Is On February 10th, 2008 In Mount Madonna, California
Discover
the art and science of yoga teaching based on a Viniyoga tradition
passed down for over 2,000 years. This Viniyoga teacher
training is currently the only way
to become an AVI fully certified Viniyoga teacher and sets
the essential groundwork to becoming an AVI
certified yoga
therapist.
Hi I'm Mary Lou
Mellinger,
I'm training program coordinator for the American Viniyoga Institute
and I'd like to give you a personal invitation to Gary Kraftsow's
exceptional yoga teacher training course along with several free audio
clips of Gary speaking live.
Before I give you your free magical audio of Gary let me tell
you
a little about what makes his yoga teacher training unique...
"Gary has been a pioneer in
yoga therapy - facilitating health
healing and
transformation
across the world
for over 30 years..."
He's written for leading yoga magazines like the Yoga Journal and Yoga
International...
He's in high demand as a speaker at major yoga conferences and
he's written two groundbreaking books in the Yoga field "Yoga For Wellness"
and "Yoga For
Transformation".
If
you've seen the double blind study
recently published in the
December 2005 issue of the Annals
Of Internal Medicine showing yoga
practice relieves lower back pain then you've seen the
scientifically validated results of Gary's work...
He designed the yoga
sequence for that study.
For many years in Maui Gary gave a 6 year course for locally based yoga
teachers where he taught in tremendous detail every aspect of Viniyoga
from his wealth of knowledge.
He would spend two MONTHS or more just teaching forward bends before
moving on
to the next set of postures.
"His Very Special Students
Back Then
Learned The Hard Way
How To Be Exceptional Yoga Teachers..."
Over the years he honed and refined
his classes for yoga teachers and
in
1999 he founded the highly respected American Viniyoga
Institute starting a
more tightly focused teacher training lasting four
sessions with each session just two weeks long.
In
these sessions he gives
instruction to people just like you
ranging from yoga students, to highly experienced yoga teachers.
He managed to cut those 6 years of training down to a total of just
eight weeks but the quality of the teachers coming out of his teacher
training is still exceptionally high.
We are very proud that
we run what we believe is the most
comprehensive, refined yoga teacher training in the western world.
Over the years Gary has learned how to deliver the core of those six
year
trainings into four two week sessions and how to teach it so
you
can
retain that
information and use it.
What surprises even highly experienced yoga teachers is how
this course grounds you fully in the fundamentals of Viniyoga and how
just a few small changes can completely transform the way you practice
and teach.
Read what Jenni Riberdy
from Colorado says about the Vinyoga teacher
training course...
"I'm
Amazed At How My Entire Perspective On Yoga Has Shifted..."
''I came to this training as a comfortable, successful yoga teacher . I
knew I'd
learn a few new things, but considered it a pre-requisite for Gary's therapist training."
"I am amazed at how much I've learned, how my entire perspective on yoga has
shifted, and am eternally grateful for the wonderful way this information was given
to us."
"My personal and professional life have been enriched beyond my
imagination.''
Jenni
Riberdy Silverthorne,
Colorado
We're
hoping Gary's teacher training course will transform your yoga teaching
too.
And if you're new to teaching yoga this training will ground you in the
fundamentals you need to become a highly skilled yoga teacher.
On this page you'll be able to listen in to Gary teaching
some of these classes...
Also if you're interested in taking the Viniyoga teacher training you
should know that this will be Gary's only
teacher training course for two years.
Let me explain...
Gary has commitments for speaking, workshops and the creation of
products like videos.
On
top of that he
has his own yoga practice, a young son and he's
totally committed to guiding and nurturing all his past
yoga teacher and therapist training students.
Gary only has so many hours in a day so the yoga
teacher training course which starts in Mt Madonna on February 10th 2008 will
be the last yoga teacher training he does for two years.
This training carries on the wonderful yoga tradition thousands of
years old where the art and science of yoga is passed from teacher to
student.
Gary was lucky enough to study yoga in Madras India with T.K.V.
Desikachar whose
father and yoga teacher was the renowned T.
Krishnamacharya.
Their teaching lineage stretches back many thousands of years to
ancient times.
So in your yoga teacher training you'll be tapping the ancient
knowledge, art and science of yoga not so much from Gary but directly
from the ancient yoga source.
In the first two week
session of this training held at the beautiful
Austin "Crossings" campus Gary will reveal...
"A Whole Range Of Vital
Viniyoga Fundamentals Including..."
The
first 84 of 172
different
postures including a full range of forward bends, backward bends,
twists, lateral bends, extension, inversions, arm balance and
leg
balances...
Full
detailed analysis of 21 core poses that will make up the mainstay of
your yoga teaching...
Gary
includes key
information you'll refer to over and over on every posture including
suggested adaptations and variations to create unique effects for your
clients, the muscular effects of each posture, biomechanics, how to
perform each of these key postures to avoid the risk of injury and help
produce the maximum effects for your clients...
In
your Viniyoga teacher training you'll embrace at your very core the
reasons why our approach to using these postures is very different.
Every individual is unique and the whole Viniyoga practice is based
around adapting postures and sequences to suit each individual and her
unique needs.
Press twice on the play button below and listen in to Gary
revealing the most commonly neglected
fundamentals of viniyoga teaching live in one of his Viniyoga teacher
training classes.
(This
streaming audio
preview will take a few seconds to start after you press play based on
the speed of your internet connection)...
Asana Foundations - Audio Preview 1
For more of these free audio previews
of Gary Kraftsow speaking live
enter your name and email address below now (your audio will keep
playing).
We respect your confidentiality at the American Viniyoga Institute.
We will never rent or sell your email address. We
will send
you links to free high quality audio, articles and more...
After this small taste I hope you'll
come and join our teacher training
and become part of our wonderful "sanga" (our group of yoga students
who support and help each other).
You'll also discover...
The
vital role intention plays in your successful practice - how to use
every one of these postures and sequences as tools to create a specific
desired effect in your clients.
Viniyoga
is the
only major western yoga modality where we adapt postures, sequences and
breathing to fit the individual needs of each client. Gary
will
reveal
to you step by step how to recreate and adapt every posture and
sequence to fit your unique clients.
The
ancient secrets to using breath to link your awareness to your movement.
How
to use your inhale to create specific effects like enhancing the effect
of back bends and lateral bends.
The
neglected techniques of using your exhale to profoundly enhance the
effect of forward bends and twists.
The subtle art of using your
exhale to stabilize your pelvis
and lumbar spine.
And your
Viniyoga
teacher
training goes beyond giving you information.
This is a training course where you'll be given real exercises to
perform.
You'll learn, observe and give feedback to your fellow group
members.
You'll have opportunities to ask questions of Gary and the American
Viniyoga Institute's fully credentialed staff through your whole
training.
You'll also have guidance and support from...
Mirka
Kraftsow co-director
of the American Viniyoga
Institute
and our director of teacher development.
Mirka has
practiced Viniyoga since 1983 and has been an active Viniyoga
teacher and therapist since 1988.
She is one of Viniyoga's true western pioneers - a vital part of the
Viniyoga teacher training from its early beginnings.
Mirka in her own warm, caring way will help you integrate your yoga
teacher training into your own experience...
When you successfully complete and
pass all four two week
sessions
you'll receive Viniyoga
teacher certification fully approved by the highly respected Yoga
Alliance.
With your Viniyoga certification you can become a fully registered yoga
teacher at the 500 hour level with the Yoga Alliance and display the
RYT® (Registered
Yoga Teacher) letters after your name.
But this course really isn't about getting a set of letters to put
after your name (as handy as that might be).
It's about a complete change in the way you think about yoga - both
your own practice and your teaching.
"You See The Way
Gary Teaches Is Very Different..."
We want you to be a yoga teacher in your own right - fully skilled and
free to think, adapt and customize your viniyoga classes to meet your
students' unique needs.
This is not a cookie cutter training.
Our goal is to create
creative, refined, independent yoga teachers.
Listen to this audio to discover the two different ways
to teach and why you'll
love the freedom and empowerment of the teaching method Gary uses...
2 Ways To Teach - Audio Preview 2
And we'll go deep inside you to
explore the real core foundations of
any yoga practice and teaching.
We'll cover in depth the yoga sutras of Patanjali and the
philosophy of yoga - opening up a whole world of spiritual,
philosophical and practical understanding you can use in your everyday
life and your teaching.
Gary will reveal...
The
limitless paths to spiritual transformation...
A variety
of tools and traditional techniques you can use to train your mind and
overcome the many obstacles to your personal clarity...
The
"8 limbs of yoga" - tying the yoga sutras to your physical yoga
practice and every other area of your life...
But
more important than the wealth
of knowledge and skill you
take
away from this class I hope you'll be transformed forever from
your
whole viniyoga teacher training experience like Jill
Dunkley of Ontario Canada...
"I Never
Expected The Exciting Transformational Journey..." "Gary
said early
during the first evening: "This training is about YOU as a person, not about your students".
"My personality has always been to focus on the other person - it's somewhat scary to
explore myself."
"There is no end to the learning that has begun. Thank
you."
"Before
I came to Viniyoga I was searching for a type of yoga that went deeper than the postures."
"I never expected the exciting transformational journey that I am now
committing my life to. Thank you Gary and all the experienced & helpful
staff at AVI."
Jill
Dunkley The
Yoga Connection Perth,
Ontario, Canada
To us our most important role is
to be an instrument to you making a very real and very
profound difference in your life.
Even though as a student you may return home to different
parts of
the country and even different parts of the world you always stay
forever within our hearts.
And the very special community we build together also stays alive.
You have American Viniyoga Institute staff and graduates
you can call or email whenever you need help or advice.
We would love to have you as a part of our special group of Viniyoga
teachers but you will have to act now if you want to join us...
"Your Two Week Class
From February 10th 2008 At Mount Madonna
Is The First Of Four Two Week Classes
Held Over Two Years..."
Each
class builds upon the next and
completing each session is a
prerequisite to take the next session.
Also because we've found a solid grounding in the fundamentals is the biggest key to
being an accomplished yoga therapist you must attend and pass the full Viniyoga Teacher Training
course before
you can qualify for our renowned Viniyoga
Therapist Training.
So this will be your last chance for two years to become a
certified
viniyoga teacher or a certified viniyoga therapist.
Gary
wants your training to be as
affordable as possible so he's
insisted we keep the
price as low as we can for a class this long in a premier seminar
location.
Your investment for tuition in your first two week class will be just
US$2,500.
This is a tiny fraction of the very real value you'll get in your
viniyoga teacher training.
To
book
your place you need to to contact me - Mary Lou
Mellinger.
Just so you know you won't be getting a salesperson on the phone when
you call I'm the American Viniyoga Institute's training
program coordinator.
I'm also a highly experienced fully credentialed viniyoga teacher - one
of
Gary's early students.
I'm part of
the very special, dedicated staff here at the American Viniyoga
Institute who take care of
the million little details that come up so that you can have a
wonderful, fulfilling yoga training experience.
I'll be happy to answer
all your questions and give you all the help you need.
Call
and ask for Mary Lou on 808-572-1414...
Don't worry if it's outside work hours. You can leave a
message and I'll call you back as soon as I get back to the
office.
Or
you can email me by clicking
on this link and I'll return your email
by
the next
working day or sooner.
I look forward to meeting you and sharing our time together with Gary
Kraftsow at Mount Madonna on February 10th 2008.
Yours sincerely, Mary Lou Mellinger, Training Program
Coordinator
American Viniyoga Institute LLC.
P.S.
Gary's time
commitments keep growing and his willingness to travel around the
country and around the world to teach is shrinking.
So he has less time and he's having to use more of that time on other
projects.
Gary loves running teacher training and seeing the transformation of
exceptional students like you but it will be two years before the
next viniyoga
teacher training class...
"Februay 10th, 2008 Will Be Your
Last Chance
For
Two Years To Take
Your Viniyoga Teacher Training Class
With Gary Kraftsow..."
To book your space in the viniyoga
teacher training with
Gary on February 10th 2006 call now on 808-572-1414... and ask for me (Mary-Lou
Mellinger). Or
you can email me by clicking
on this link.
P.P.S. Here's
some
feedback from a few more of our very special yoga teacher
training students.
I hope very soon I'll hear a wonderful story from you
like this...
"I Cannot
Fully Express Just How Valuable This Has Been..."
"This AVI training has given me a much greater understanding of myself."
"I cannot
fully express just how valuable this has been to also get to know my skeletal structure as well as
my mental and emotional processes."
"Through this,
my relationships with friends and family have deepened and improved, thank you, Gary and Mirka for
providing these gifts in such a delightful community spirit."
Jennifer
Hogan, M.S. Mother,
wife, biologist and yoga instructor
Woodland, California
"I Have
The Tools To Excel..."
"I
feel this training
I have now has given me the tools to excel and the confidence as a
yoga teacher
that what I am offering will serve my students on many levels."
Kym
House Yoga
teacher Santa
Cruz, CA.
To book your space in the
viniyoga teacher training with
Gary Kraftsow on February 10th 2008 call
Mary-Lou on 808-572-1414... Or
you can email Mary Lou by
clicking
on this link.
Endorsement
From A Leading Exercise Physiologist...
"Gary provides a sound anatomical and physiological basis for viniyoga,
taught
in a way that is extremely understandable."
"Going through this program has helped me immensely in
learning even more about how my body moves, my release valves, I was very
motivated to incorporate Gary's teachings in my own personal practice after
seeing what just a few sessions had done."
"Ultimately
, it was a major factor in relieving the chronic pain I had experienced
for years."
"I've Been
Practicing Yoga Off And On For 30 Years..."
"While I have been practicing yoga off & on for over 30 years,
I taught academic
courses at the university level and led many group workshops."
"I have
never formally taught yoga. Gary's training gave me the solid information
I needed, combined with freedom to experiment and grow in my own personal practice."
"All this supported by the spiritual inspiration to be the best teacher I can be."
Lisa
Perry-Wood, MA. Development
Consultant Lexington,
MA.
"This
Training Has Challenged Me To Grow As A Teacher AND As A Human Being..."
"Viniyoga has given me the tools for transformation, effective
teaching, and integration
of my entire being."
"This training has challenged me to grow as a teacher and human being."
"Thank you Gary and Mirka for this opportunity."
Wayo Ramirez Austin,
TX.
To book your
space in the
viniyoga teacher training with
Gary Kraftsow on February 10th 2008 call
Mary-Lou on 808-572-1414... Or
you can email Mary Lou by clicking
on this link.
"The Gift
Of Integration Of Mind Breath And Body..."
"Gary and Mirka have given me the gift of integration of mind, breath,
and body,
but also of tradition, culture, and time reflected within my own life and my own journey."
Ana
Pilar Cruz Austin,
TX.
"I'm So
Grateful To Just Be A Part Of This Class..." "I
had been teaching and taking workshops left and right for three years,
and although
some master teachers were offering "some insight", it wasn't until I met Gary in a conference that
I realized how much I didn't know."
"I'm so utterly
grateful for having
this opportunity to learn from such a skillful and knowledgeable teacher, who
always goes well beyond the asana part of yoga... "
"Yoga makes much more sense as a holistic practice after this training."
"The wealth of knowledge,
experience and empathy has been wonderful."
"To better understand movement in relationship to the
breath, has changed me. Thank you."
Michael
Brandwajn Yoga
teacher and bodyworker
Hollywood, Florida
"I Am
Better Equipped To Help Others..."
"The
Viniyoga teacher training, helped me to feel more confident and intelligent
about the integration - breath with movement."
"The training has
brought formerly esoteric teachings and erroneous information about pranayama into the clear light
of scientific and experiential understanding for me."
"I
have a more knowledgeable grasp of the deep foundation of the sutras,
the wisdom
of ancient lineage that is still relevant today."
"As a result of the training,
I am suffering less and feel confident about being better equipped to help others."
Valerie
O'Sullivan
"I Highly
Recommend Gary's Teaching..."
"Participating
in this teacher training has allowed me the confidence to teach the
Viniyoga system of wellness to students of varied abilities in a way that
ensures their improved health, safety and wellness."
"I highly recommend Gary's teaching to any wishing to deepen their understanding of yoga."
Dr.
LaGenia Bailey Director,
East west healing Arts and yoga
To book your space in the
viniyoga teacher training with
Gary Kraftsow on February 10th 2008 call
Mary-Lou on 808-572-1414... Or
you can email Mary Lou by clicking
on this link.
